Started over.
Downloaded latest from wordpress.
built, prepare.bat, deploy.bat, copy the deployable files and create a new website.
Install a new SQL database, leave blank with windows auth.
Installed nop sucessfully with sample data to the new database.
Try and add any item to cart.
Get the following error;
Parser Error
Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source file appropriately.
Parser Error Message: Unexpected "if" keyword after "@" character. Once inside code, you do not need to prefix constructs like "if" with "@".
Source Error:
Line 293: </div>
Line 294: }
Line 295: @if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Model.CurrentDiscountCode))
Line 296: {
Line 297: <div class="clear">
I went ahead and removed the extra "@" from the line just to see if it was a simple mistype. Now instead of the error, it redirects to the shopping cart but does not add the item to the cart.
In other words, it is impossible to add items to the cart using your latest install.